Real-time line projection for fast terahertz spectral computed tomography

Opt Lett. 2011 Jun 1;36(11):2119-21. doi: 10.1364/OL.36.002119.

Abstract

We demonstrated fast terahertz spectral computed tomography by using real-time line projection of a terahertz beam. Two types of cross-sectional images of continuously rotating samples have been measured in only a few seconds. From temporal data, a peak-to-peak sinogram and cross sections have been reconstructed using a filtered backprojection algorithm. Using fast Fourier transform from temporal data, spectral cross sections of the sample have been obtained.